Hook and eye



(No Model.)

Z. E. BATES 8c M. E. COLLINS.

HOOK AND EYE.

Patented Jan. 10, 1898.

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ZERVAH E. BATES AND MARY E. COLLINS, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

HOOK AND EYE.

$PIEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 489, 520, datedJanuary 10, 1893.

Application filed April 18, 1892. Serial No. 429,597. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ZERVAH E. BATES and MARY E. COLLINS, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent andState of Michigan, have invented certain newandusefulImprovementsinHooksand Eyes; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to that class of hooks and eyes used particularlyon ladies garments, and our object is to produce a device by which whenthe edges of the goods are drawn apart, the hook or eye will not beexposed to View, and a further object is to so attach the hook that thegoods will not be allowed to draw apart, and a still further object isto so attach the hook and eye that only a portion of it will be seenabove the goods to which it is applied.

To attain these ends, our invention consists in the peculiar featuresand combinations of parts more fully described hereinafter and pointedout in the claim.

, 3, which is bent backward. Directly under the point of the hook, thetwo ends of the wire are bent and form loops 4. The loops 2 and 4 areplaced beneath the face of the cloth, and are there secured, it beingreadily seen that the two pairs of loops facilitate a more securefastening.

The reference figure 5 represents the eye portion of our invention whichis also made of an integral piece of wire having the general outline ofa triangle, and bent so as to form loops 6, on its three corners, oneside 7 of which triangle is arc-shaped, and receives the hook 3. Thefour loops of our eye portion are placed under the face of the cloth,and only a portion of the side 7 can be seen above the face. The eye issecured in place by means of the loops 6. By having the four loops, itwill be seen that the eye can be more securely stitched to the garment,and will not be so apt to pull loose from the cloth on account of theside 7 being the onlypart above the face of the cloth. Then again, theeye is not allowed the play, as is usually the case with eyes of thisclass, for it will be seen that the forward loops of the eye are abouton a line with the side 7, therefore any strain will be more evenlydivided, and not only upon its rear portion. The same will be seen ofthe hook-portion.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

The hereindescribed hook and eye, consisting of an integral piece ofWire bent to form a hook having loops at the base of the hook andbeneath the point thereof, whereby a double fastening is supplied, incombination with an eye consisting of a triangular piece of wire havingloops formed in its corners, one side of the eye being arc-shaped andadapted to be engaged by said hook, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affiX our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

ZERVAH E. BATES. MARY E. COLLINS.

Witnesses:

ALICE A. CRoss, CHAS. J. POTTER.

